RunYoung50
Women’s running history
and the stories of older women runners
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Run Across Australia – Nikki Love – Part 1
Part 1 of my interview with ultrarunning adventurer Nikki Love about her epic 4000km run across Australia.
The Crawley 24 Hour Track Race 2023
The race report from the Crawley 24 Hour Track Race which attracted several elite British competitors in 2023.
Ros Paul – women’s six day races – part two – 1982
In 1982 British ultrarunner Ros Paul, aged 23, set a new women’s six day race record at a track race in Nottingham.
Marcy Schwam – women’s six day races – part one – 1981
The history of women’s six day races starting with Marcy Schwam – the first woman to run a six day event after its revival in 1980.
The Mothers’ Marathon 1923
On 7th April 1923, five mothers took part in a Mothers’ Marathon, pushing their babies in their prams the 52 miles from London to Brighton.
Women’s participation in ultrarunning – a short history
Women typically make up less than 30% of finishers in ultramarathons. How has women’s participation in ultrarunning changed over the past 50 years?
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Runners over 50
Six stories about women runners over 50….
Maddy Collinge
It’s unusual to meet a runner who’s been running for over 40 years, and it’s particularly unusual for that runner to be a woman. The RunBritain rankings website lists 31,600 active runners aged 60 and over, but only 28% of them are women. There has...
Older runners and walkers at the Equinox 24 hour run
"Should you be doing that at your age?" If you're an older endurance athlete you may well have been asked this question. As a recent article in the British Medical Journal pointed out, the prevailing attitude is that exercise is for young people...
A runner’s thoughts on Iyengar yoga
Spending a whole day at an Iyengar yoga workshop gave me an opportunity to reflect on what I was learning. Iyengar yoga Iyengar yoga focuses on precision and alignment in poses, and uses props, such as blocks, blankets and belts, to improve the...
Nikki Love
Nikki Love is a 50-year old runner from Nottingham who loves adventure. Her motto is “chasing extraordinary” and this encapsulates her drive to set herself challenging goals, and her desire to encourage others to become active and discover their...
Pathways into long-distance running
Women over fifty are not often in the public eye, and we don't know much about older women's experience of participating in sport or their attitudes to exercise. Through interviewing women runners for my blog I want to share and give value to their...
Christine Heaton
I met Christine Heaton when I joined Holme Pierrepont Running Club five years ago. I soon realised that Christine was a fast runner. And it seemed she was getting faster. In 2015 at the age of 50 Christine ran a sub-20 minute parkrun (5 km), a time...